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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jgbrowning" data-source="post: 376092" data-attributes="member: 5724">ok here's my responses to your paragraphs1st paragraph.  Bows aren't simple.  the type of bow they are describing in the PH is a complex and difficult machine.2nd paragraph. barter is often MORE useful than coin.  here's a historical example.  kings would often accept payments in kind for taxes rather than coin because then they have to count the coins, keep the coins safe, and then distribute the coins to the person they need goods from.  example.. peasant A gives me 10 sp as taxes.  i then count the sp, keep it safe, transport it and then give it to another peasant so i can buy his grain.  just simpliler to get the grain from peasant A in the first place.3rd paragraph.  craftsman are outside the realm of commoner.  craftsmen "practice your trade and make a decent living, earning about half your check result in GOLD pieces per week of dedicated work." PH under CRAFT skill.  ditto for profession.and overall, you are really just not understanding the crushing poverty that was common during the middle ages.  Visit a 3rd world country today and you'll understand why it does cost so much to purchase a bow.  People are lucky to be able to afford enough to feed themselves, let alone have the luxury of their own house.  about 20% of the population during the middle ages were destitute (without a home)... wage labourers, beggers, small vendors, etc.. that lived on the streets.  Again go to a 3rd world country and you'll still see the same thing.I just went to india and whenever you have to catch an early train or bus you'll go though streets that are packed full of sleeping people, im not kidding, you'll see hundreds....  these people even run food stalls, peddle small trinkets.. etc.. and they STILL live on the streets.  People live, eat, deficate, and die on the streets.joe b.</blockquote>

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